With 88,000 new millionaires in the last 20 years, Russia is boasting some serious wealth. Of course most of the money comes from oil and minerals, but who cares about that right now... You came to this post to see pictures and videos of babes, baubles, and Bugatti Veyron. And last year Russians showed up at the fair by the Mercedes load spending over $600 million dollars.

This is the third annual Moscow Millionaire Fair and the fair has a nice official website (except for the annoying music) including videos from 2005 (16MB) and 2006 (8MB). They missed a fantastic opportunity for their advertisers by failing to post the fair guide on the internet, but I suppose th peasants are not supposed to see such beautiful riches lest they lust. But surprisingly the tickets are only 30 Euros -- chump change for the target crowd.

The BBC captured the spirit of the event -- babes, baubles, and Bugatti -- all in a single photo which is number four in the series of seven photos of such ridiculous items as a solid gold pacifier for the budding oligarch.


A video of the fair at Russia Today and another video of the Millionaire's fair on YouTube:


If you can't afford the $1.4 million Bugatti Veyron, there is always a $350,000 Mercedes covered in Swarovski crystals or a cell phone for the same price.




I suppose money can't always buy good taste. Check out this hideous beast of an outfit:


Sure this phone is beautiful, but does it make phone calls?

From the BBC.

By the way, what is the plural form of Bugatti? Bugatti or Bugattis?

Other Blog and News coverage:

• Moscow Millionaire Fair - Consumer digest blog about most expensive deluxe luxury stuff
• Scenes From the Moscow Millionaire Fair 2007 - Luxist
• Moscow Millionaire Fair - Swarovskied Mercedes, Private Jets, Luxury Properties (GALLERY)
• Turkish Invasion (from 2006)
• More pictures at Elite Choice and RIA Novosti.
• I swear I thought of my post title before I saw this article: Hummers, stallions, single malts – all the fun of the millionaires’ fair - Times Online
• BBC - Spending tips for Russia's richest
• Moscow Millionaire Fair for the uber-rich Russians
  
• MSNBC must sub-title their article the Unsustainable wealth gap between nouveau riche and the very poor yet an American business man in Russia is quoted in the LA Times in an unrelated article "the Russian economy is so hot, and the consumer class -- the middle class as everyone calls it -- is so vibrant." The wealthy are very wealthy everywhere, so it may be that they just show off more in Russia.
• A good collection of photos from Curious Photos
• Trump Vodka in a 24K gold bottle
• http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/fa...ss&oref=slogin

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